Entropy Estimation in Turing's Perspective

DOI10.1162/NECO_a_00266zbMath1262.94015WikidataQ43429954 ScholiaQ43429954MaRDI QIDQ2919410

Zhiyi Zhang

Publication date: 2 October 2012

Published in: Neural Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1162/neco_a_00266

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

94A17: Measures of information, entropy

62B10: Statistical aspects of information-theoretic topics

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